Nehemiah demonstrates selfless leadership in the lives of his people, encouraging us to do the same.

For These People
Griffith Baptist Church – 10/19/08
P.M. Service
Text: Nehemiah 5:14-19
Key verse: Nehemiah 5:19 - Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people.
Premise: Nehemiah demonstrates selfless leadership in the lives of his people, encouraging
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HURTING PEOPLE HURTING PEOPLE
Maybe you think that is a mistake… Nope!
Today, as we look at our Faith Family Tree, we are going to be looking at Joseph.
Listen: We are going to take this very familiar story and look at it in a new way, to try to learn something new.
Hopefully
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A sermon for the end of the year to help people fix their eyes on Christ so they can be thankful people because thankful people are happy people.

I read a news story once of a woman who was getting ready to jump off a 44 story building in New York City.
Witnesses said that she did not look like the type of person who would do such a thing. She was very distinguished and well dressed.
All the attempts made by the police to get the
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In the Season of Advent, we are reminded to be patient with God and patient with people.

Title: Advent People Are Patient People
Text: Romans 15:4-13
Thesis: In the Season of Advent, we are reminded to be patient with God and patient with people.
Introduction
Frank Thomas was a great baseball player who really came into his own in the 1990’s when he played for the Chicago
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Jesus told his disciples (and us) to have salt within us, and peace between us.

John said to him, "Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he was not following us."
But Jesus said, "Do not stop him; for no one who does a deed of power in my name will be able soon afterward to speak evil of me. Whoever is not against us
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INTRO.- II Pet. 3:8 “But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. “
DO NOT FORGET THIS ONE THING. We humans forget more than one thing. We forget many things. But Peter is saying, “Don’t forget the Lord and
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A simple message from a very small but great Book of the Bible on the art of people working with people.

People Working With People
Text: Philippians 2:17-30
Introduction:
This section deals with the interaction of people in the ministry. God works through people, but He does this in His glorious providence. He is not limited to working through just one person but many.
For Paul to
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INTRO.- Jesus came to seek and to save the lost (Luke 19:10). He came to do good, to heal, to soothe hearts and calm fears. He came to help people. His focus was on people. People were His highest priority and should be ours.
ILL.- Robert Henry went to a large discount store one evening to
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1 - After this, Jesus traveled about from one town and village to another, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The Twelve were with him.
2 - and also some women who had been cured of evil spirits and diseases: Mary (called Magdalene) from whom seven demons had come out;
3 -
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It’s easy for people to talk about the great and generous things they intend to do in the
future. But if they’re not being generous with what they have now, it is unlikely they will
suddenly change in the future.

“Add Value to People”
GENESIS 24:10-27
Rebekah and Abraham’s Servant
Abraham sent his servant out to find a wife for his son, Isaac. It was a monumental task.
The servant decided to choose a woman based on this principle. He wanted to find a
woman who would add value to him on his journey.
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Zacchaeus was a litle man in his own eyes and in the people’s eyes; but not to Jesus. There are no insignificant people to Jesus, nor should there be to us. Jesus can give us "People Eyes" like his.

NO LITTLE PEOPLE (or PEOPLE EYES)
Luke 19:1-10
Intro: A young woman’s car stalled at a light. The light turned green. The car behind her actually had room to go around but didn’t. Instead the person in the car kept on honking the horn. After attempting to start the car, the young woman got
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What do we look for and what do we see in people?
Text: Mt. 11:1-9
Intro:
1. Consider some of the statistics about attractive people
2. Jesus asks a good question in Mt. 11:7
What did you go out to see?
I. JESUS AND JOHN Mt. 11
A. John the Baptizer was in prison and sent
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We are all under pressure - from family, from friends, from work. Herodias' plot to kill John the Baptist is all about such pressure & saving face in the presence of those who you think are important - sure God is the only one who really matters.

People Pressure Mark 6:14-29
Pressure, pressure and more pressure…. Pressure from family, pressure from friends, pressure from work.. pressure
O for Peace, peace perfect peace in this dark world of sin.
Do you ever feel like you are in a pressure cooker, or that you are being pulled and
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“Toxic People”
I’ve been thinking about a post I see a lot on Facebook about ‘toxic’ people. Something about it just didn’t set well with me. So I have given it some thought and prayer and here is what I came up with.
First, I don’t want to be a ‘snowflake’. A snowflake has its own meaning
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We’re going to be looking at Exodus 7-8 today. I hope most of you read these chapters because we will not have time to read all of it this morning but will highlight passages. But before we learn from Exodus 7-8, let’s be reminded of who Pharaoh and the Egyptians were. Open your bibles to the
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